yuri wrote:
> 2009/2/21 Phill Coxon wrote:
>> On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 10:59 +1300, Roger Searle wrote:
>>
>>> I'm sure google will tell you how to get to 4.2 and would be worth the
>>> effort.
>> http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-4.2
> 
> Those instructions include adding a repository with the word
> "experimental" as part of the URL. I believe this sort of thing is
> what hosed my PCLinuxOS install (which prompted me to switch in the
> first place).

I am a bit reluctant to use 'experimental' software as well -but in this
case I made an exception.

> It also warns that 4.2 is beta and may break things.
> I don't want to break things again. I'd rather go to bed early tonight
> and enjoy my wife than stay up late fixing things again.

It broke some 'plasmids', and I finally accepted I would have to do
without Quanta+ - but I use kate mostly anyway. I do not remember if it
broke anything else. Had a lot of problems getting sound to work with
flash - but I don't think that is a KDE problem. I'd tell you what I did
but I tried so many 'fixes' I am not sure now what worked.

> Hey, I'll probably cave in to peer pressure and give 4.2 a try. I'm
> coming to the next meeting with a big rubber mallet if it turns to
> custard though.
> 
> Yuri
> 

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